Lord WINSTANLEYasked Her Majesty's Government:
What procedures they have adopted in order to monitor the private medical earnings of full-time National Health Service consultants so as to ensure that these do not exceed the 10 per cent. of salaries permitted by their contracts.
§ Lord CULLEN of ASHBOURNEIt is part of the terms and conditions of service of whole-time consultants in the National Health Service to certify annually that their gross income from private practice does not exceed 10 per cent. of their gross salary.